In accordance with example embodiments, the method 800 could be carried in a cell site of a wireless communication system. The cell site could include (i) a first remote radio head (RRH) connected by a RF path to a first antenna system and (ii) a second RRH connected by a second RF path to a second antenna system. In such a configuration, the first RF path could support a first plurality of RF channels for air-interface communications with one or more UEs via the first antenna system, and the second RF path could support a second plurality of RF channels for air-interface communications with one or more UEs via the second antenna system. In this description, the each RF path could correspond to multiple connections between the first RRH and the first antenna system, and multiple connections between the second RRH and the second antenna system.

As shown in FIG. 8, at block 802, the method entails making a determination that attenuation of antenna transmission power of a particular channel of the second plurality of RF channels exceeds attenuation of antenna transmission power of a particular channel of the first plurality of RF channels by more than a difference threshold.

As shown in FIG. 8, at block 804, the method next entails responding to the determination by identifying one or more other channels of the second plurality of RF channels for which capacity loading for serving UEs is below a utilization threshold.

As shown in FIG. 8, at block 806, the method next entails removing the identified one or more other channels from service hold.